Spout for kettles.



A. R. PRITGHARD.

Patented. July 16, 1912.

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ALBERT R. PRITCHARD, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

SPOUT FOR KET'ILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1912.

Application filed January 23, 1911. Serial No. 604,292.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT R. PRITOI-IARD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spoutsfor Kettles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a sheet-metal spout adapted for use inconnection with tea-kettles or similar culinary vessels.

The object of the invention is to produce a spout of a form which bothadapts it for convenient use, and reinforces the spout against dentingor injury liable to be incurred, when the spout is rested against theedge of a vessel into which the contents of the kettle is to be poured.

To the above ends the invention consists in a sheet-metal spout of anyordinary or suitable construction, in which an outwardlyprojectingcorrugation or bead is formed on the lower surface, this bead extendingnearly to the outer end of the spout, but terminating a sufiicientdistance therefrom to produce a shoulder or abutment which may be restedagainst the edge of a vessel into which the contents of the kettle maybe poured. This bead, in addition to providing such an abutment forconvenience in pouring, also stifl'ens the metal of the spout at itslower surface, where it is liable to be brought forcibly into contactwith the edge of such vessel, and the bead thereby performs a doublefunction, and increases the convenience and durability of the spoutwithout substantial increase in the expense, or in the amount of metalemployed in its construction.

In the accompanying drawings :--Figure 1 is a side-elevation of a spoutembodying the present invention; and Fig. 2 is an enlarged section onthe line 22 in Fig. 1, looking from right to left in the latter figure.

The illustrated embodiment of the invention is a spout of which theconstruction is familiar to those skilled in the art, the spoutconsisting of two pieces of sheet metal 3 and 4, respectively, which arestamped to the proper form and then soldered together at twolongitudinal oints 6. The novel feature of the present inventionconsists in the bead 5 which is formed in the lower piece t in theoperation of stamping the latter. This bead, as shown in Fig. 1,terminates a short distance in the rear of the extremity of the spout,and thereby produces an abutment which may be employed, as shown in Fig.1, as a rest to engage the edge of a vessel (shown in dotted lines) whenpouring out the contents of the kettle upon which the spout is used. Itwill also be obvious that this bead tends to prevent denting of thespout when it is brought forcibly into contact with the edge of avessel, while it does not increase the expense. or weight of the spoutsince it is drawn from the substance of the sheet metal at, of which thespout is formed in the ordinary manner, and without any additionaloperation in the construction of the spout.

I claim A kettle-spout having on the bottom an outwardly-projectinglongitudinal bead, the bead terminating short of the outer end of thespout so as to constitute both a stiffening for the bottom of the spoutand an abutment to assist in pouring therefrom.

ALBERT R. PRITCHARD.

Witnesses:

CLAUDE S. S. SMITH, FARNUM F.Donsnr.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. (1.

